Dear Students:
Today you are going to generate ideas for the requirements of a computer-based system that is described in a document of a client who wants to improve the SIR JOHN A MACDONALD HIGH SCHOOL website http://sja.ednet.ns.ca/index.html.
You are going to use the power-only EPMcreate technique as the creativity fostering technique to generate your ideas.
The power-only EPMcreate technique consists of 5 mini brainstorming sessions. In each mini session, you will pretend to think from the viewpoints of two stakeholders(roles/users) STUDENT and PARENT, and for each pair of viewpoints, you will follow the steps 0-4 that are explained in the table below
Try to produce as many as possible, don’t evaluate any idea, and don’t inhibit anyone from participating. 
You have only two hours to carry out the steps, but you may end your session earlier if all of you agree that no more ideas are forthcoming.

0. Blank out your mind.	
1. Generate ideas for the requirements of the given system that are needed jointly by STUDENT and PARENT.  (30 minutes) 	
1.	The website should have a quick menu at the bottom of each page 
2.	The schools contact information should be at the footer of every page
3.	The system should allow students to check their grades online
4.	There should be  a fees and funding/scholarship page
5.	Each page should contain the schools logo
6.	News and announcements should open in pages not pdfs
7.	The home page should have a dynamic top flash banner
8.	The background color of the website should be less bright that it is now
9.	there should be a joint forum for both students, parents and staff to share ideas
10.	The should be a library page the lists books available at the school library and links to useful information from other sources on the website
11.	There should be search facility that allows information to be searched on the schools website and on the internet
12.	There should be a virtual tour of the school
13.	There should be a map and direction page to the school
14.	There should be a page containing links to partner institutions
	
2. Generate ideas for the requirements of the given system that are needed by STUDENT but are not wanted by PARENT.  (30 minutes)	
15.	There should be a student only forum where students can create topics and comment on them
16.	The system should have a  chat facility for students to chat among themselves
17.	The system should make provision for students to create personal blogs on the website
18.	There should be an online radio for students
19.	There should be a students photo gallery
20.	Students should be able to share information from the website to their facebook or twitter pages

3. Generate ideas for the requirements of the given system that are needed by PARENT but are not wanted by STUDENT.  (30 minutes)
	
21.	Parents should be able to check their children's grades online
22.	Parents and staff only forum for parents parents and administration of the school to share ideas
23.	There should be a PTA(Parent Teacher Association) page to show upcoming events and information on PTA meetings

	
4. Generate ideas for the requirements of the given system that are not wanted by both of STUDENT and PARENT, but are needed possibly by other stakeholders. (30 minutes)
	
24.	There should be page for sponsors and doner institutions
25.	There should be a careers page advertising job vacancies in the school
26.	There should be a page for governance and organization of the school
27.	There should be a staff and faculty page listing